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Thank you for helping us to get the word out about how to help stop the spread of harmful invasive plant pests. Please download, print, and use these materials in your state outreach efforts.
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| Plants give us many of the finer things in life! Protecting plant health means protecting things that are important to us. I’m on a mission with @HungryPests to stop invasive insects that attack plants. Learn more: [Link]. | Plants provide. Protecting plant health means protecting what matters most. I’m teaming up with @HungryPests to stop invasive insects and plant diseases. Learn more: [Link]. |  Download Image |
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| Healthy plants give us so many of the foods we [heart emoji]! Unfortunately, invasive plant pests also love to indulge. My friends at @HungryPests share tips on how to spot pests and prevent their spread to protect the plants we depend on: [Link]. | Healthy plants provide the foods we [heart emoji]! But invasive pests attack many of the plants we depend on. Tune in to my friends at @HungryPests who share tips on what you can do to protect plants from this threat: [Link]. #PlantHealth |  Download Image |
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| So soft and comforting, cotton fabric warms us on chilly days and keeps us cool on hot ones. Did you know the U.S. produces nearly 20% of the world’s cotton? Help me and @HungryPests protect the plants we depend on—keep an eye out for harmful pests and report them if found: [Link]. | The U.S. produces nearly 20% of the world’s cotton – which warms us on the chilliest days. Help me and @HungryPests protect plant health. Learn how to spot and report #InvasivePests: [Link]. |  Download Image |
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| Wine brings people together. Grapes make wine possible. Join me and @HungryPests in our effort to help protect America’s vineyards by learning to spot #InvasivePests that attack grapevines: [Link]. #PlantHealth | You’ve probably raised a glass of wine for a toast before. But, did you know the grapes that make that wine are under attack? Help us protect America’s vineyards by learning to spot @HungryPests that attack grapevines: [Link]. #PlantHealth |  Download Image |
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| Play ball! By protecting plant health you can also protect the products we use for recreation—like baseball bats made from ash trees. I am partnering with @HungryPests to stop invasive insects that harm plants. Learn how you can help: [Link]. | Play ball! Protecting plant health means protecting the things that make life fun. I’m on a mission with @HungryPests and @USDA_APHIS to stop threats to plant health. Learn what you can do here: [Link]. |  Download Image |
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| USDA-APHIS, @CBPgov and partners work to stop the spread of invasive pests, but they need our help. Learn about the threat and how pests spread to protect U.S. plants from @HungryPests: [LINK]. | @USDA_APHIS, @CBP and partners work to keep invasive pests out of the U.S., but they need your help to protect U.S. Plant Health from destructive pests. Learn about how they spread and how you can help @HungryPests: [LINK]. |  Download Image |
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| Want to learn about what USDA and @California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross are doing to protect plant health? Check it out: [LINK]. | Want to learn about what @USDA_APHIS and Secretary Karen Ross are doing to protect plant health? Check it out: [LINK]. @CDFAnews |  Secretary Karen Ross Video |
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| Want to know what USDA and @OKState’s Dr. Kitty Cardwell are doing to protect plant health? Check it out: [LINK]. | Want to learn about what @USDA_APHIS and @OKState’s Dr. Kitty Cardwell are doing to protect plant health? Check it out [LINK]. |  Dr. Kitty Cardwell Video |
To reduce firewood movement and slow the spread of forest pests and diseases via the firewood pathway, we are partnering with @DontMoveFirewood and @PlayCleanGo to host Firewood Month in October. During Firewood Month, we will focus on a specific theme each week on our social media platforms and in the Firewood Month Toolkit where you will find social media content, graphics, blogs, firewood messaging, and more.
Help us spread the word during Firewood Month to protect our parks and natural resources against the spread of invasive pests!
Sample Post:
Buy or responsibly gather firewood where you burn it, or use certified heat-treated firewood.
For more, visit www.dontmovefirewood.org/firewood-month-toolkit.
With your help as a partner of Hungry Pests, we can further extend the reach of April’s Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month (IPPDAM) campaign. The posts below contain engaging messaging designed to encourage U.S. residents to learn more about how to reduce the spread of hungry pests. We believe this content will resonate with your audience and sharing it from your organization’s social media accounts will raise awareness of these plant protection resources.
Please share this content during the entire month of April. Feel free to adjust the message as needed to fit your brand.
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| April is Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month! You can do a lot to protect plant health against @HungryPests. Learn how: [LINK]. #IPPDAM | It’s Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month! Invasive insects and diseases threaten the plants we depend on. We are teaming up with @HungryPests to share how to protect plants from invasive pests: [link]. #IPPDAM |  Download Image |
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| Invasive plant pests cost the nation $40 billion a year in damages – that’s quite a bill! Join @HungryPests in reducing their impact by learning how to spot and report them. We each have a role in preventing their spread. Learn more: [LINK]. #IPPDAM | Invasive pests cost the U.S. $40 billion a year! Our friends at @HungryPests have resources that help us learn how to reduce the spread of these pests for Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month: [link]. #IPPDAM |  Download Image |
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| We are springing into action with @hungrypests this Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month to kick pesky pests to the curb. Learn how they spread and how you can stop them: [link]. #IPPDAM | Help us and @HungryPests knock out invasive pests this Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month! Learn how invasive pests spread and what you can do to stop them in their tracks: [link]. #IPPDAM |  Download Image |
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| This Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month help @hungrypests and us keep invasive pests out of your wilderness destination by buying certified, heat-treated firewood or collecting it where you burn it, when possible. Learn more: [link]. #IPPDAM #IPPDAM | Moving untreated firewood can introduce invasive pests to new forests. Keep invasive pests out of our forests this Invasive Plant Pest and Disease Awareness Month by knowing the facts from our friends at @HungryPests: [link]. #IPPDAM |  Download Image |
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